It's been a cracker start to the season and even though the weather is crap, the fish are hungry so who really cares, just get out there.
Wednesday 17 October 2012
New video!
Here is a cheeky little clip following the rainy adventure that was opening day. Watch on Vimeo for HD.
Other than this, I have had a few more sessions on the river. There has been some absolutely awesome fishing if you can find a break in the weather. Reports from Rotorua, Tongariro and Waikato small streams are all fantastic. Even the salty flyboys north of Auckland have been catching snapper from the shore. Had a yarn to Pat Swift at work today said Okataina went well during opening. Another local fisho Mark told me he whipped ten out of the Tongariro and I have been having double figure numbers of fish on our small streams. (Even some dry fly action!)
It's been a cracker start to the season and even though the weather is crap, the fish are hungry so who really cares, just get out there.
It's been a cracker start to the season and even though the weather is crap, the fish are hungry so who really cares, just get out there.
Monday 8 October 2012
Dodgy weather, good fishing
Well, she's been a rough old opening. Nothing like some gale force winds the sort the men from the boys in terms of casting ability. Admittedly I have been in the trees a few times due to that unexpected 50kph gust. There has been a bit of rain too but not enough to make the rivers too filthy to fish.
What this has given us is some weather that is challenging to fish but still fishable. More importantly, the fair weather fishermen have been put off, leaving streams that haven't been fished for months for the most hardcore of fly fishermen.
This has provided some awesome small stream fishing with good sized fish that haven't seen any pressure and are keen to eat most standard flies put in front of them. Small black flies combined with a patterns with a bit of sparkle and flash has worked well especially in coloured water.
This fish made me re enact a scene from a River Runs Through It. Although I wasn't quite as graceful going down the rapids as Brad Pitt and ended up smashing my knee on a rock, I had a bloody good time doing it.
Anyway, get out there and get amongst it. The weather isn't going to too flash for while so its best to just bite the bullet and get out there. The first fish will get rid of any doubts about whether you should be out there or not.
Stay tuned for a new video from FullTimeFlyFisher #openingday
What this has given us is some weather that is challenging to fish but still fishable. More importantly, the fair weather fishermen have been put off, leaving streams that haven't been fished for months for the most hardcore of fly fishermen.
This has provided some awesome small stream fishing with good sized fish that haven't seen any pressure and are keen to eat most standard flies put in front of them. Small black flies combined with a patterns with a bit of sparkle and flash has worked well especially in coloured water.
This fish made me re enact a scene from a River Runs Through It. Although I wasn't quite as graceful going down the rapids as Brad Pitt and ended up smashing my knee on a rock, I had a bloody good time doing it.
Anyway, get out there and get amongst it. The weather isn't going to too flash for while so its best to just bite the bullet and get out there. The first fish will get rid of any doubts about whether you should be out there or not.
Stay tuned for a new video from FullTimeFlyFisher #openingday
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